novel The Accidental Tourist

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The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that follows travel writer Macon Leary as he struggles with grief, routine, and unexpected change after a family tragedy.

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Label	Occurrences
The Accidental Tourist	4
The Accidental Tourist fictional universe	1
novel The Accidental Tourist canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20667382 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: novel The Accidental Tourist
Context triple: [Macon Leary, firstAppearance, novel The Accidental Tourist]

A. The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film, based on Anne Tyler’s novel, that follows a grief-stricken travel writer whose life is upended by an eccentric dog trainer.
B. The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire is a darkly comic 1981 novel by John Irving that follows the eccentric Berry family through a series of tragic and bizarre adventures centered around the hotels they run.
C. The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp is a darkly comic and poignant novel by John Irving that follows the unconventional life of writer T.S. Garp and explores themes of family, feminism, sexuality, and the randomness of violence.
D. A Small, Good Thing
A Small, Good Thing is a short story by Raymond Carver that poignantly explores grief, human connection, and the small acts of kindness that emerge in the wake of tragedy.
E. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is a Brazilian drama film set during the 1970 World Cup that follows a young boy unexpectedly left with his grandfather in São Paulo amid the turmoil of the military dictatorship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: novel The Accidental Tourist
Target entity description: The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that follows travel writer Macon Leary as he struggles with grief, routine, and unexpected change after a family tragedy.

A. The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film, based on Anne Tyler’s novel, that follows a grief-stricken travel writer whose life is upended by an eccentric dog trainer.
B. The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire is a darkly comic 1981 novel by John Irving that follows the eccentric Berry family through a series of tragic and bizarre adventures centered around the hotels they run.
C. The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp is a darkly comic and poignant novel by John Irving that follows the unconventional life of writer T.S. Garp and explores themes of family, feminism, sexuality, and the randomness of violence.
D. A Small, Good Thing
A Small, Good Thing is a short story by Raymond Carver that poignantly explores grief, human connection, and the small acts of kindness that emerge in the wake of tragedy.
E. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is a Brazilian drama film set during the 1970 World Cup that follows a young boy unexpectedly left with his grandfather in São Paulo amid the turmoil of the military dictatorship.
F. None of above. chosen